Re: Tips on handling situations?

Catherine Woodgold wrote:
Ericka Kammerer (eek@xxxxxxxxxxx) writes:
Ongoing beastly
behavior, however, likely means that I'm not going
to accede to any "gimmes" while it's still going on.
<snip>
One problem with saying no to everything when the
child is in a bad mood is that the bad mood may
go on and on and on. It's like punishing a child
for being sad.

Just to be clear, I said "beastly behavior,"
by which I mean deliberate refusal to comply with
appropriate (situation- and age-appropriate)
behavior requirements. To my way of thinking,
that's very different from just being in a bad
mood.

Best wishes,
Ericka
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